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Donald Trump national emergency to fund his border wall is setting the stage for a key constitutional test of presidential power. Sixteen states are suing him in federal court to block the move.... Read More...

Donald Trump has retreated into a corner as more and more details about the Russia investigation become evident, forcing him into his last refuge– the same defense that saved Ronald Reagan’s presidency during the Iran-Contra scandal some three decades ago.... Read More...

Donald Trump sniffing and heavy breathing during his border speech last night (Jan. 9) on border security, reinforcing claims that he regularly snorts Adderall to get through situations that require his concentration and attention to detail.... Read More...

In another significant test of presidential immunity, New York Supreme Court Judge Salliann Scarpulla rejected arguments by Trump’s lawyers that President Trump is immune under the U.S. Constitution’s “Supremacy Clause,” from being sued in state court because he is a sitting president.... Read More...

Donald Trump was deeply involved orchestrating payoffs to his mistresses in the run-up to the 2016 election with longtime crony and National Enquirer owner David Pecker, according to a new bombshell report.... Read More...

Donald Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has all the markings of Richard Nixon’s “Saturday Night Massacre” during Watergate, compounded by Trump’s bumbling effort to put a political crony in the job, sparking a national outcry.... Read More...

Donald Trump worked behind the scenes to direct efforts by son Eric Trump, Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization to silence adult film actress Stormy Daniels leading up to the election after learning she was about to go public with her story, according to a shocking new report.... Read More...

Donald Trump’s options are increasingly being foreclosed by the Russia investigation, which almost certainly will lead to criminal charges against sons Donald Jr and Eric Trump, daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner Jr., leaving his resignation the best possible exit strategy to end one of the most divisive periods in modern U.S. history.... Read More...

Donald Trump’s habit of going off script during his campaign rallies often leads to bizarre statements, but few have been as puzzling as his pronouncement at a Tampa, Fla., rally this week that Americans need an identification card to purchase groceries.... Read More...

Donald Trump may have fathered a child with Playboy bunny Shera Bechard, who was paid $1.6 million for her silence–and an abortion–in a deal arranged by Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. The father has been identified in media reports as long-time Trump pal Elliott Broidy, a deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was forced to resign as a result of the scandal.... Read More...

Donald Trump is fast becoming the “massacre president.” The number citizens killed or wounded in mass shootings is skyrocketing under his administration, putting it on a pace to become one of the bloodiest in modern political history. Trump’s latest reaction to the mass shooting at a Texas church suggests he has no plans to address the problem.... Read More...

Donald Trump is engaging in “unprecedented constitutional violations” of the U.S, Constitution for accepting millions of dollars from foreign governments through his various business entities, of which he’s never relinquished his interest, according to a lawsuit filed by Maryland and the District of Columbia. The lawsuit presents the first major challenge over alleged Trump corruption under the emoluments clause of the Constitution.... Read More...

Donald Trump is facing a prima facie case of obstruction of justice for his attempts to sway former FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, according to several legal scholars. For the first time, the White House appeared to be running scared. Comey’s testimony yesterday before the Senate Intelligence Committee dramatically raised the stakes of the Russia investigation.... Read More...

Donald Trump’s decision to suddenly fire FBI Director James Comey looks like an effort to stymie the fed’s investigation of his campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 election. But Steven Colbert had another word for it… “Nazi.”... Read More...

Short of a career in politics, Ivanka Trump appears to have little to gain and much to lose by taking a high-ranking job in father Donald Trump’s administration–unless she’s being called on to be a moderating force on the president’s mercurial and unpredictable personality. Ivanka made clear in a new interview with CBS News this morning “where I disagree with my father, he knows it.”... Read More...

Donald Trump’s White House is under siege after new evidence surfaced that campaign operatives colluded with Russia during the election. The charges came in the face of an unprecedented loss of confidence in his administration over Trump’s steady stream of false statements. Meanwhile, all out partisan warfare broke out on Capitol Hill after the House Intelligence Committee chairman broke precedent in an effort to provide cover for the president.... Read More...

President Donald Trump’s claim that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower during the election is now drawing howls in Great Britain, after a right-wing Fox News commentator suggested that Britain spied on Trump at Obama’s request to bypass U.S. intelligence agencies. Judge Andrew Napolitano, a Fox commentator who is known for trafficking in right-wing conspiracy theories, floated the scenario today (Mar. 16) after U.S. intelligence agencies and the FBI failed to produce evidence to backup Trump’s assertion.... Read More...

Stephen Colbert apparently couldn’t swing Alec Baldwin to do his Donald Trump impression for a cold open, so he did the next best thing. He used an animated version of the president to illustrated a late night visit from two very different chief executives.... Read More...

In a reckless movie possibly timed to cynically divert attention from his growing Russia scandal, Donald Trump claimed today in a series of Tweets that President Obama “wiretapped” his campaign offices prior to the election. The remark caused a political firestorm and led to questions about Trump’s sanity. After a rough week that saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russia’s election interference, Trump out of the blue published the Tweets at the ungodly hour of 3:35 a.m. this morning.... Read More...

Donald Trump likes to brag that everything is running smoothly inside the White House, but an alleged staffer has created an anonymous Twitter account detailing what it’s like working with Kellyanne Conway, Rince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence and the master of darkness himself… Stephen Bannon. It’s not a pretty picture inside the presidential mansion, but often it’s a hilarious one.... Read More...

President Trump is still struggling with the levers of power, including some fundamental ones, like telling the truth. But John Oliver sets him straight on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” He says it’s time to examine “reality itself.” Trump has been caught in one lie after another since taking office, including repeating whoppers he told on the campaign trail.... Read More...

Donald Trump is increasingly using strong-arm tactics to direct business decisions that should be left to corporate boards, while he chases demons. If he keeps up, he will cause economic distortions and inefficiencies that could lead to a major trade war and a recession. Trump has promoted his policy by attacking U.S. trade agreements. But that strategy is based on a false premise that goes back decades.... Read More...

In the face of the largest protest in the nation’s history, the White House issued a statement quibbling over a Tweet and taking issue with crowd estimates at Donald Trump’s inauguration without addressing millions of people who took to the streets. It was a clear signal the administration plans to force feed the media its version of the truth.... Read More...